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Sep 29, 2013
Finding a good boy’s name is a lot easier today than it once was, says Abby Sandel of Appellation Mountain, as she scans the newsiest names of the week for her Nameberry 9 feature, thus launching our week of boy name blogs, to commemorate our new “Nameberry Best Baby Names for Boys” eBook..
Sep 25, 2013
We’re being inundated with a slew of brand new TV shows. Yeah, but how baby-usable are their characters’ names? Davina? Duncan? Dash?
Sep 24, 2013
My husband and I talked about names on our first date, but that’s not exactly normal. Can you remember your first name discussion with your partner?
Sep 24, 2013
Brocken, Zebrule, Cabrilla–these and more unusual names of unusual animals and birds suggested by Dantea for inclusion into the menagerie of baby names.
Sep 23, 2013
There are hundreds of classic baby names, and then there are the most classic names, those that have endured over the centuries. These names of ancient royalty and modern celebrities will stand any baby in good stead.
Sep 22, 2013
Aimee Reneau Tafreshi takes us on a trip through the market to discover some highly unusual food-related name possibilities, such as Pinto, Sorrel and Romaine.
Sep 22, 2013
In this week’s Nameberry 9 names in the news blog, Appellation Mountain’s Abby Sandel wonders whether rules for baby naming would be a good or a bad thing. What do you think?
Sep 19, 2013
Anna Otto, creator of the always-interesting blog WaltzingMoreThanMatida.com, introduces us to the world of indigenous–or Aboriginal–Australian names.
Sep 17, 2013
Abby Sandel gets personal as she relates the story of her search through her family name history, discovering such treasures as Jupiter, Lane and Orwen.
Sep 16, 2013
What do baby name experts do in their off hours? Why, find more baby names, of course. Here are some recent three-named babies we discovered.
Sep 15, 2013
This week Appellation Mountain’s Abby Sandel highlights the year’s best celebrity sibsets so far, from the classic (George, Philipe & Edward) to the creative (Aurora, Wynter & Holiday)..
Sep 15, 2013
Kelli Brady of namefreak! presents an interesting analysis of the history of G-names over the years, and how their sounds have shifted.
Sep 11, 2013
Happy Classical Music Month! Let’s celebrate with some of the more distinctive composers’ first names–.Artemy, Muzio, Ottorino, anyone?
Sep 8, 2013
Appellation Mountain’s Abby Sandel’s Nameberry 9 names in the news is all pink and pretty this week, with appealing choices like Lydia and Lucy and Alba Violet.
Sep 4, 2013
Claire, Clara, Clarissa–a family of lovely, clear-eyed vintage names on the rise. Which is your favorite?
Sep 3, 2013
If my name was Vesper, would I be dating James Bond? I like to think that a name that glamourous might make my life more glamourous too. What name would change YOUR life, and how?
Sep 2, 2013
Sometimes what you need is not one name but two: a long, elaborate, proper baby name with a short, sleek nickname. Here are some baby boy names that satisfy on both counts.
Sep 1, 2013
Abby Sandel of Appellation Mountain classifies this week’s Nameberry 9 as Goldilocks names–modern classics for boys that are not too hot and not too cold, but just right.
Aug 27, 2013
Aimee Reneau Tafreshi put a lot of thought into choosing her daughter’s distinctive name–but not as much about how commonplace her nickname might be.
Aug 25, 2013
It’s been a dramatic week for baby names in the news–from Cruz to Carmen to Shooter. Check out Appellation Mountain’s Abby Sandel’s Nameberry 9.
Aug 21, 2013
Juliet has escaped her Shakespearean fate, but is Romeo still inextricably tied to the tragic character? What names have transcended their singular associations — Elvis? Oprah? Clementine? — and which are still linked to one source?
Aug 21, 2013
Back in the day, there were a lot more popular names beginning with the letter F than there are now. Kelli Brady of NameFreak! offers her analysis of F-names then and now.
Aug 19, 2013
One of our most popular blogs of all time, a makeover of the top 100 boys’ names, was mysteriously zapped, stolen, disappeared from our archives. Here, our reinvention of that list and of the 100 most popular boys’ names.
Aug 18, 2013
We’ve heard from American expats on their views of the UK-US name divide, now Catherine Ens, a British-born teacher at an American school, offers her observations of the differences.
Aug 18, 2013
An amazing range of names in the Nameberry 9 by Abby Sandel of Appellation Mountain this week, from Amy and Helene to Cairo and Everest.